On Sundayen den 30 December 2001 17.20, Yura Gusev wrote: > Because it does not support it. Check man logrotate. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Neuromancer > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 2:13 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Cooker] logrotate problems > > > > > > Anyone know why I get the error: > > error: /etc/logrotate.conf:9 unexpected text > > whenever logrotate runs? > > > > I actually commented out line 9 which is: > > errors root > > so that it will run. > > > > Why doesn't logrotate accept this option?
I wonder if it would be possible to make a new logrotate package update that only "patches" the /etc/logrotate.conf file like this: perl -p -i -e "s|^errors root|#the \"errors root\" directory is obsolete|g" \ /etc/logrotate.conf And increments the package version but don't actually removes or updates any files except the above line..., hmm..., interesting idea... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Oden Eriksson, Deserve-IT Networks, Jokkmokk, Sweden. | Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 | Current uptime with kernel 2.4.16-11mdksmp: 3 hours 19 minutes | cpu0 @ 799.53 bm, fan 4440 rpm, temp +28�C | cpu1 @ 801.17 bm, fan 4354 rpm, temp +28.5�C
